Pete

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pete: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pete: Recorded since 1996, it reached #720 in 2010, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#720highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2859
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2009	#3227
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2016	#4810
2019	#4702

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2018
Highest recorded position: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Pete appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 41 births with the name.

Pete across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pete's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#2357 (1996)	#4702 (2019)	11 of 24	41 (1996–2019)	5 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#720 (2010)	#749 (2018)	2 of 9	6 (2010–2018)	3 (2010)

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pete in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pete appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Pete's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2019, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #720, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,702position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
14 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Petal · #2215, 18y
Petar · #741, 24y
Peter · #1, 81y
Petra · #120, 80y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alexandr · #720, 13y
Alif · #720, 15y
Deion · #720, 11y
Diyon · #720, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Barnabas · #720, 29y
Deion · #720, 11y
Floyd · #720, 29y
Leandro · #720, 29y

Pete was ranked #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pete and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pete without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Pete

Erin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1345.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1761.
Malin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3095 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #3895.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Pete

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 while Albie went from #853 to #45.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 while Alfred went from #218 to #97.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 while Archie went from #192 to #19.

Moved the same way as Pete

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 and Alan from #163 to #312.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Pete went from #2357 to #4702 and Alex from #43 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Pete

Pete at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pete across 2 official records

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pete appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Pete and the names beside it

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Pete at a glance

Pete across 2 official records

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pete appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Pete

Pete and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Pete

Moved the opposite way to Pete

Moved the same way as Pete